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"Letters late nt No. 104,727, dated June 28, 1870.

'nvmnovnn MEDICAL COMPOUND.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pakistani-making part of the same Tau-ham it may co nc'ern q T 1 Be it known that I, GEORGE O. Eumsaof Yreka,

in the county of Siskiyou and State of California, have inventeda newand useful Improvement in Medical Compound; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which t will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same.

This inventioinand discovery relate-to a new and uscfulcomposition for medicinalpurposes,and consist in combining the substances or materials as hereinafter mentioned, in the manner described.

In carrying out ray-invention and discovery, I use, for making seven and ahalf gallons of the compound,

dr leaves of mountain balm three )ounds three ounces; young rootsof Oregon grape, dried and pulverized; three ounces three drams; redtsan'ders,

" for coloring, one ounce one dram; pulverized cochineal, one ounce three drains. Make a tincture by turning on six gallons alcohol and pure water, equal parts.

Macerate at atempcratur e of '70 or 80 Fahren heit, for four days. l

I To the above I add two gallons strained whey of buttermilk, or sour milk, after the whey has been ex posed to the open airina glass vessel for the space of four days, at tlieabove mentioned temperature. The

alkaloids thereof are immediately eoagulated and precipitated.

After the compound is well settled; the supernatant clear liquid is drawn off with a siphon. The residue is pressed, filtered, and mixed with the compound, when the medicine is ready for use.

I do not confine myself strictly to the proportions named'above, nor strictly to the mode of preparing the compound. Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentp The above-mentionedmedical compound, composed and prepared substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

I GEORGE O. FUR-BER.

Witnesses: v

J AMES H. VOGAX, DAVID H. SHAW. 

